title: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices.
abstract: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices is an image-guided transcatheter procedure used to treat gastric varices with sclerosants rather than decompression of the portal venous system. The history of its development, relevant portal venous, and systemic venous anatomic considerations, techniques, indications, and early results will be reviewed. In addition, the status of the practice of BRTO in the United States will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, 1215 Lee Street, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA, wspikes@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Wael E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Peter O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061214:Patient Safety; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions